Later Life

Handling the time pressures within the later life advice space

Working under pressure is something that later life advisers, and indeed everyone in the...

Standard Life Home Finance partners with St. James’s Place

Standard Life Home Finance has announced a strategic partnership with St. James’s Place, increasing...

Majority feel stressed with later life planning

Aviva has said that while Stress Awareness Week (7-11 November) is encouraging best practices...

LiveMore: age discrimination continues in mortgage market

Just 4% of people aged over 50 believe they would be able to take...

Positive Lending unveils new later life lending solutions

Positive Lending is bolstering its suite of property financial solutions with a range of...

Age Partnership teams up with Biscuit Tin

Equity release advisory firm Age Partnership has partnered with digital legacy business, Biscuit Tin. The...

Pure Retirement partners with Keylu

Pure Retirement has revealed its new partnership with Keylu, enabling advisers to support their...

More2life publishes new offer condition guide

Equity release lender more2life has expanded its library of educational resources with a new...

Phoenix Group launches ‘Let’s Get Ready’ brand campaign

Long-term savings and retirement business, Phoenix Group, is launching its first brand campaign. The campaign...

Advise Wise adds new document upload feature

Advise Wise Platform has introduced a new feature allowing advisers to upload documents to...

Q3 sees record number of new equity release plans

The Equity Release Council (ERC) has revealed that homeowners aged 55+ took out a...

Pure Retirement backs call for career development for over 50s

A report highlighting the benefits of embracing an older workforce has earned the support...

Consistency remains in mortgage searches

Mortgage criteria searches remained consistent from August to September, according to results from Legal...

75% of over-55s ignorant of green mortgages

Research commissioned by equity release advisory firm Age Partnership has found that 80% of...

COMMENT

The industry needs to prepare now for Your First Home

The government’s announcement of the Your First Home scheme is genuinely positive news, and anything that boosts confidence among first-time buyers and people trying...

Why advisers can be part of the conveyancing team

There is a tendency to think the mortgage adviser’s involvement in conveyancing begins with recommending a firm and then largely ends once the client...

Why the AI revolution could be a golden age for financial advice

Every major technological shift creates the same debate: will it empower professionals to do more, or eventually replace them? Artificial intelligence is simply the latest...

Should mortgage advisers consider the emerging secondary market for life policies?

Mortgage advisers regularly help clients navigate major life changes. While much of the focus is naturally on borrowing, refinancing and insurance, there is another...

One mortgage journey no longer fits every borrower

In the mortgage market, we have lots of different ways of describing customers depending on where they are in their lives. We talk about...

Latest news

Ireland boosts Help to Buy as UK prepares new first-time buyer scheme

Ireland has increased the maximum support available to first-time buyers under its Help to...

Reeves ranked least successful of five recent chancellors in poll

Rachel Reeves has been rated the least successful of the past five chancellors in...

Teachers for Intermediaries raises new-build LTV limit to 95%

Teachers for Intermediaries has increased its maximum LTV on new-build houses and flats to...

Cambridge BS opens applications for deposit-building Rent to Home scheme

The Cambridge Building Society has opened applications for its Rent to Home property in...

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